TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| ACFTA | = | ASEAN–China Free Trade Agreement |
| AFTA | = | ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| ANU | = | The Australian National University |
| APEC | = | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APO | = | Asian Productivity Organization |
| ASEAN | = | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam) |
| Bappenas | = | Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional (National Development Planning Agency) |
| Berdikari | = | berdiri di atas kaki sendiri (to stand on one's own feet—a program of economic self-reliance during the Sukarno era) |
| BI | = | Bank Indonesia (the central bank) |
| BIES | = | Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies |
| BKPM | = | Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (Investment Coordinating Board) |
| bn | = | billion |
| BPJS Kesehatan | = | Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan (the Health Care and Social Security Agency) |
| BPS | = | Badan Pusat Statistik (the central statistics agency, formerly Central Bureau of Statistics) |
| Bulog | = | Badan Urusan Logistik (the National Logistics Agency) |
| CEO | = | chief executive officer |
| CPI | = | consumer price index |
| CSIS | = | Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta) |
| EU | = | European Union |
| FDI | = | foreign direct investment |
| FSE | = | Food Security and the Environment (Stanford research centre) |
| FTA | = | free-trade agreement (or free-trade area) |
| G20 | = | ‘Group of Twenty’ finance ministers and central bank governors, established in 1999 to bring together systemically important industrialised and developing economies |
| GATT | = | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | = | gross domestic product |
| GE | = | general equilibrium (model) |
| Gerindra | = | Gerakan Indonesia Raya (Greater Indonesia Movement [Party]) |
| Golkar | = | the state political party under the New Order, and one of the major post–New Order parties |
| HS | = | Harmonized System (an international system adopted in 1989 for classifying goods in international trade and for specifying the tariffs on those goods) |
| IFLS | = | Indonesia Family Life Survey |
| IMF | = | International Monetary Fund |
| KIH | = | Koalisi Indonesia Hebat (Great Indonesia Coalition) |
| KMP | = | Koalisi Merah Putih (Red-and-White Coalition) |
| konfrontasi | = | policy of confrontation against Malaysia during the Sukarno era |
| KPK | = | Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission) |
| LCGC | = | Low-Cost Green Car |
| lhs | = | left-hand side |
| LNG | = | liquefied natural gas |
| m | = | million |
| MFN | = | most favoured nation |
| NasDem | = | Partai NasDem, Nasional Demokrat (NasDem Party, the National Democrats) |
| NGO | = | non-government organisation |
| NIC | = | newly industrialised country |
| NPI | = | non-profit institution |
| NTB | = | non-tariff barrier |
| NTM | = | non-tariff measure |
| PAN | = | Partai Amanat Nasional (National Mandate Party) |
| PDI–P | = | Partai Demokrasi Indonesia–Perjuangan (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle) |
| PKS | = | Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (Justice and Prosperity [Prosperous Justice] Party) |
| PLN | = | Perusahaan Listrik Negara (the state electricity company) |
| PPP | = | Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (United Development Party, an Islamic political grouping) |
| pribumi | = | indigenous Indonesian |
| PT | = | Perseroan Terbatas (limited liability company) |
| Q1, Q2 … | = | 1st, 2nd … quarter |
| REER | = | real effective exchange rate |
| rhs | = | right-hand side |
| RON | = | research octane number, an octane rating for fuel |
| Rp | = | rupiah |
| RSPacS | = | Research School of Pacific Studies (ANU) |
| SEADI | = | Support for Economic Analysis Development in Indonesia |
| selamatan | = | thanksgiving ceremony |
| SITC | = | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SNA | = | System of National Accounts |
| SOE | = | state-owned enterprise |
| Timnas PEPI | = | Tim Nasional Peningkatan Ekspor dan Peningkatan Investasi (National Team for the Enhancement of Exports and Investment) |
| UN | = | United Nations |
| UN Comtrade | = | United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database |
| UNFCCC | = | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| US | = | United States |
| VAT | = | value-added tax |
| WTO | = | World Trade Organization |
CURRENCY
| $ | = | US dollar |
| Rp | = | rupiah (exchange rate at end of May 2015 was Rp 13,211/$) |
| S$ | = | Singapore dollar |